Report: Walgreens plans to create more jobs, expand HQ

By Michael Johnsen

CHICAGO — Over the next three years, Walgreens plans to create 500 new jobs in the Chicago area and invest $75 million to expand and renovate its Deerfield, Ill., offices in a deal that will cede Walgreens $47 million in state tax credits for retaining 1,500 existing jobs, according to an early morning report published by the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday.

According to the report, Walgreens employs 5,000 at its headquarters and surrounding offices, and houses its corporate workforce in 27 office buildings in Bannockburn, Buffalo Grove, Chicago, Deerfield, Lincolnshire, Mount Prospect, Northbrook and Northlake.